Home Secretary demands explanation after Surrey Police ram cow with vehicle

Cathy Newman: Home Secretary James Cleverly has called for an urgent explanation after a cow was injured when it was struck twice by a police vehicle in Surrey last night – in distressing footage that is being widely circulated online.

Mr Cleverly said the incident was ‘unnecessarily heavy handed’.

Officers were called to the Staines Upon Thames area just before 9pm after reports of a cow on the loose.